Elizabethan pomegranate by Alison Cole.Alison Cole is our guest this week. She has been doing needlework almost non-stop since she was a young girl and is considered one of the world’s leading embroidery designers, authors, and teachers. These days she specializes in goldwork and stumpwork designs, continues to travel the world sharing her talents, provides an ongoing schedule of cyber classes, and operates a needlework retail and teaching business with her husband out of their home in Australia. We had a delightful conversation with one of the hobby’s best and are confident you’ll enjoy learning more about Alison Cole.–Gary and Christine
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Purple pitcher plant design by Alison Cole.This show is also available on FlossTube. Click here to view it.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Alison Cole. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine
Christine’s finished stumpwork project.It’s Wednesday and we’re chatting. Topics this week include Cole Rakow, stitching and sanity, Gary’s projects, and Christine’s finished stumpwork design. We’re taking a holiday break and will be offering earlier podcasts for the next two weeks. We return live on Jan. 3.–Gary and Christine
Shepherd’s Bush stocking finished by The Twisted Stitcher.
We’re back for another midweek chat. This time we talk about our respective stitching activities, stumpwork, the Twisted Stitcher finishing another stocking for Gary, and go off on a tangent about the detailed aspects of stitching that may or may not make a difference in the finished project. Our Sunday guest: Orna Willis–Gary and Christine
Celeste Chalasani is this week’s guest and stumpwork is the topic. She is a designer and teacher and has taught extensively for the Embroiderers’ Guild of America (EGA) at chapter workshops, regional and national seminars; for Blue Bonnet Studio Time; and for the National Academy of Needlearts. Celeste currently teaches an online class for Craftsy and previously taught online classes for EGA Online Studio (2015) and Craft University (a division of Interweave, 2013). She has class proposals accepted for 2018 Blue Bonnet Studio Time, Great Lakes Region EGA 2018 Seminar, 2018 South Central Region EGA Seminar and Greater Pacific Region EGA 2018 Seminar. Celeste has also written an Individual Correspondence Course on Stumpwork for EGA.
Celeste Chalasani’s Summer Serenade design.
Chalasani first learned embroidery, sewing, and crochet as a young child from her grandmother. Her passion for stumpwork was sparked when she joined EGA in 1999. A life-long learner, she completed the City & Guilds Level 1 and 2 Certificate in Design and Craft Stumpwork distance courses under the tutelage of Chris Hammacott. Celeste is currently enrolled in the National Academy of Needlearts Teachers’ Certification program. We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation.–Christine and Gary
Calla lilies designed and stitched by Celeste Chalasani.
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We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Celeste. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine
It’s midweek chat time. This week Gary cranks about a stocking project that won’t end and Christine shares her stump work success. We also visit the Jane Wood Chilly Hollow blog to learn some things and generally yak at each other about needlework for an hour. We hope you enjoy the conversation. Our Sunday guest: Celeste Chalasani–Gary and Christine
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